1. What role does technology play in your life? Connect your response to your position on the digital native à immigrant spectrum.
2. Sheri Turkle (author & professor of social sciences at MIT) argues that we are becoming too comfortable being âalone togetherâ. What is your interpretation of this concept? Do you agree with her assertion? What examples can you provide to support your position?
3. âYou need to build an ability to be yourself, and not be doing something. Thatâs what the phones are taking away.â â Louis CK. This includes feeling the feelings that humans feel. Like sadness.
Louis CK talks about a time when he heard a Bruce Springsteen song on the radio and he started to feel sad. His first reaction was to find his phone and text âhiâ to everyone he knew, thus avoid feeling his feelings. Instead, he âstood in the way of it and let it hit [him] like a truck.â Discuss a time wherein you behaved in a similar fashion. Did you let your emotions plow you down or did you allow social media to creep into the moment? (Reference any example, happy, sad, scared, excited etc.)
4. How will this fast will impact your future attitudes or behaviors?
5. Is there a distinction between your online self and your offline self? Does your communication behavior differ when you are online? Explain.
6. How does your position on the High to Low context communication spectrum influence your participation and interaction on social media? Be specific. Make sure you demonstrate understanding of this concept.
7. Design one question for the room based on your experience. You may be asked to present this question next week during our second seminar.